Hello everyone, I just came back from a great vacation in Marathon in the Florida Keys. My wife Becky and good friends Capt. Kyle Messier, his wife Jennifer and her friend Kristen had a fun filled week in the keys. Diving, fishing, grabbing plenty of lobster and having a beer or two made for a great week. On Wednesday, the opening day of mini-season we had a great catch of 25 keeper lobster for the day. We left the dock at 4am to secure or favorite spot and just after sun up, it paid off. On the second day, we boated 19 keepers and had some hefty ones over the 3lb range. The weather conditions were perfect all week and catching plenty of snapper, grouper and having great meals made this a memorable trip. I could go on and on, but it you want to know more about locations, places to stay or just hear more about the trip feel free to give me a shout. I'm back on the water this week with charters, so the fishing reports will return. Here is the group with some of the "bugs" from opening day. Thanks again everyone for a fantastic vacation... Capt. Dan

A true gator trout made its way onto my boat today. I had a 1/2 day charter out of Crystal River and it was a memorable one. I met Shane, Greg and Mark at the Encore campground, which is a little down river and we ran offshore in search of some trout. It was a little slow today and it's always tough to stay on the bite when there is an east wind and an incoming tide. However, I didn't disappoint and we had plenty of mixed bag action; along with 5 nice keepers to bring home for their fish fry. The bonus of the day was when we landed this beautiful 26" trout. A combination on Glow and Holographic root beer DOA shrimp were the baits of choice today. Thanks guys for the great morning and look for ward to our next charter. Here is Shane with today's big gator trout... Capt. Dan

After yesterday's fantastic scallop charter, I was looking forward to another awesome day on the water. I met one of my good clients, Dan from Buffalo, for a full day of chasing his favorite, red fish and trout. Dan was on the charter with me last year when we rescued the scallopers that were stranded for the night off Homosassa. We left MacRae's just a little before 8am, ran to the out side keys and Dan caught his red fish he has been waiting for since our last trip. Dan wanted plenty of fish to take back home, and I only allow angler limits with red fish, so I ensured him our trout limit once we ran offshore. It was quite choppy this morning and it made drifting a little tough. The seas laid down around noon and we finished up our trout limit. We saw some very impressive sized sharks today and watched them cut through a school of jacks and blue fish that would keep the most experienced diver out of the water. Thanks as always for the fun day on the water and I'll see you next time your back in Florida. Here is Dan with today's trout limit and red fish to finish up his vacation... Capt. Dan

Capt. Rick Spratt and myself had an awesome Homosassa scalloping charter today. We had our crew meet us at MacRae's at 11am to let the sun get good and high so we could load up on the scallops. We both a two full boats and everyone was ready to get in the water and catch some dinner. We ran out the Little Homosassa, cut through St. Martins Keys and just got out side the scallop fleet. With in an hour we had a 5 gallon bucket full and in a couple of more hours had close to our 10 gallon limit. We came back in the river, dropped off the scallops to be cleaned for us and cooled off up at the blue water to finish up the day. Thanks to everyone for a very memorable charter and look forward to doing it again before the season closes. Here is Francis with her first haul of the afternoon.. .Capt. Dan